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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced DVD ($30.99) and Blu-ray/DVD Combo ($35.99) releases of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo which stars Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, and Stellan Skarsgard. Each will be available to own from March 20th. The only extra feature on the DVD release will be a commentary by Director David Fincher. The extra material for the Blu-ray is listed below, along with the official package artwork for each of the releases:Quote: ■ Commentary by Director David Fincher ■ Vangar Archives: □ Men Who Hate Women □ Characters - Salander, Lisbeth - Casting Salander, Different in Every Way, The Look of Salander, Mara/Fincher, Irene Nesser, Salander Test Footage - Blomkvist, Mikael - Casting Blomkvist, Daniel Craig on Film Acting, Dressing Blomkvist, Investigation (stills) photogallery, - Vanger, Martin - Stellan Skarsgård on Film Acting, Psychopathy, Bondage, Torture, Wrapped In Plastic, Set Design(stills)

Quote: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is the first of Columbia Pictures’ three-picture adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s literary blockbuster The Millennium Trilogy, which altogether has sold 50 million copies in 46 countries and has become a worldwide phenomenon. The first film begins with disgraced journalist, Mikael Blomkvist (Craig), having lost a libel suit and resigning as co-owner of his magazine, Millennium. In the interim, he takes on the investigation of a 40 year-old disappearance case on behalf of the wealthy Henrik Vanger (Plummer) of Vanger Industries. With the help of the pierced, tattooed and capable computer hacker, Lisbeth Salander (Mara), they uncover corruption that no one could have ever imagined.

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mc_serenity wrote: Studios, just go back to providing iTunes digital copies on your Blu-ray combo releases. The UltraViolet thing is NOT going to catch on. No thanks. I hate those things. They either give us a pointless disc (and charge extra for it) or take up space that could be better used elsewhere.

At least streaming users neither of those.

losthighway wrote: 260mins of extra features have been passed by the BBFC here in the UK... it would appear that we're getting the special edition on initial release! Very nice artwork btw for the US release. What special edition? It looks like the yanks are getting it too. See above.

Nightmare wrote: No thanks any movie with a Rape scene and I will never buy or own and I heard it's in the original and I don't care .I'll Pass

If a rape scene unnerves you that much, then boy, you are missing out on a FANTASTIC movie. The rape scenes take up about 5 minutes most out of a what? Nearly 3 hour movie? That means about 155+ minutes are rape-free. And the rape scenes aren't there to be gratuitous. It actually makes you feel the devastation for the character and that's what drives her character to get revenge for what they did to her.

Shame the DVD got gypped in the special features department, but looking at the combo pack, it's good they decided to put some meat regarding the bonus features. Fincher film extras are always as great as the movies they accompany.

It looks like Sony got the message and decided to put a little more thoughts in this release than expected. They may have gone with the "commentary" alone had we said nothing in every existing forums...

losthighway wrote: 260mins of extra features have been passed by the BBFC here in the UK... it would appear that we're getting the special edition on initial release! Very nice artwork btw for the US release. If that's the case and they don't screw up the encode, I may just import it.

Sony is definitely holding back for a double-dip. The movie wasn't very profitable for them, so they're likely hoping to make as much as possible on home video. Trouble is, most fans already own the foreign trilogy, which will make it a bit tougher for this to be a break-out hit on blu-ray.

The release date and lack of stars no doubt hurt the box office, but the real problem is that Sony just spent too much money on the film. (From acquiring the rights to the $100 million budget to the aggressive marketing campaign.)

Nightmare wrote: There is no way I am buying this movie because of the Rape scene any movie that has that kind of scene I will never buy ever .I feel that it's doesn't belong in any movie or TV show ever .

It wasn't suppose to enjoyable to watch you know. It was suppose to disturb you.

Well, I'll surely will be saving up my money for a real special edition of the movie. I'm more than able to wait a few years, or even to buy this edition used at my local video store for $7 in a couple of months after its release. Take that, Sony.

This one is among the handful of movies I wish I could unsee...run-of-the-mill convoluted whodunit randomly permeated by a lot of nastiness and with probably the most repulsive leads in the history of cinema.

Michelle Williams is a great actress so I'd be very pleased with her winning an Oscar finally. Rooney was great in this though. I loved the movie, and I also loved the original. But after two viewings I will say the remake is better. Though to be fair it had a bigger budget, but overall it just improved on the Swedish version.

I only follow my guts... last year, Williams was nominated for Blue Valentine and Natalie Portman won... this year, I would have hoped for Rooney Mara after seeing Fincher's adaptation... so my sources are my guts and nothing more... not what one would call solid evidence...

Simon77 wrote: Sadly, it looks like it will be Michelle Williams' year for Oscars, for her take on Marilyn Monroe... Don't know which polls you've been tracking but ít's pretty much a neck-and-neck race between Viola Davis and Meryl Streep.

comababy61 wrote: Black Swan (a rated R movie) was out last year around the holiday season and did well, so I can't see why The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo couldn't have done as well.

The thing is, "Black Swan" cost only a fraction of what it took to produce GWTTDT ($13M versus a $100M budget), and it was a successful break-out hit because of Natalie Portman's performance. By the time it leaves theaters, it'll have broke even and it'll turn a profit with DVD/Blu-ray/digital/on demand sales.

Like what Fox is doing with a second "Percy Jackson" movie, Sony is hoping fans of the book series turn out in droves for the second film and make a bona-fide R-rated franchise.

Sadly, it looks like it will be Michelle Williams' year for Oscars, for her take on Marilyn Monroe... although I quite agree with you, Mara did amazingly and should have AT LEAST a nomination. Should Fincher not return for the sequels, it'll take as talented a director as he to keep me interested in the franchise.

Absolutely fantastic movie. If "Drive" and "Hugo" weren't released last year, this would've easily been the best of the year. Rooney Mara deserves an Oscar for Lisbeth. She was truly outstanding. Despite her slam against "Elm Street", she definitely has the chops for being an actress. The cinematography, the acting, the script. It was all there. Just one little nit-pick I have. The pacing is very uneven. The first two hours or so are paced solidly. Scenes flow, it feels like a very cohesive picture. But those last 30 minutes were just scattered here and there. But nonetheless, solid film. Day one for me.

Black Swan (a rated R movie) was out last year around the holiday season and did well, so I can't see why The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo couldn't have done as well. I don't think Fincher will be replaced, but it is likely he may get held up in other projects.

And I will hold out for a special edition like they did with Zodiac. There will probably be a directors cut as well. The studio wants the DVD out fast, but it also leads to double dipping.

This also makes me a bit worried as I enjoyed this Fincher adaptation quite a lot and am now scared they may choose another director. The producers must have felt the "R" was a bit too hard, holding off most box office returns at Christmas time. Worse, they may decide on heading down the PG-13 road, one that will inevitably hurt their credibility AND box office potentials.

And I can't confirm if it's true, but I heard Fincher would be replaced, which is a 100% producers-oriented decision: marketability was hurt by the very hard "R" (it nevertheless made an awesome film) so they may choose another director that will listen to them so they can make more money... I shudder to think, but I'll burn someone alive should they hire Joel Schumacher (he'll put "Dragon-nipples" on the Salander suit, you watch).

No, that's not why David Fincher isn't likely to helm "Girl Who Played With Fire" and "Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest." His next project is that "200,000 Leagues Under the Sea" remake for Disney, and he has a pay or play option in his contract that allows him to collect $5 million when "Fire" goes into production. He gets that money regardless if he directs the movie or not.

And the movie is doing very well for an R-rated remake, and the studio sees potential for sequels to do even better. Sony feels confident enough to pull the trigger and produce the last two movies back-to-back. But since the producers are staying on, the sequels will be R-rated regardless who directs them. But "Fire" and "Nest" won't get a mid-December release date, probably early fall 2013 and 2014.

A commentary by David Fincher is a treat in itself. Not every Fincher movie has to get the deluxe 2-disc treatment, but what do I know. And the best thing is, Fincher keeps the studio from adding unnecessary previews and such to the DVD and Blu-ray releases nowadays.

I was going to say "first day purchase", but only a commentary for the Blu-ray? Yeah, definitely another edition coming sometime later. Perhaps they want to churn out a barebones edition in time for the oscar craze and will then release a much meatier set later in the year? I can see that being the case.

I have to say, I too smell the special edition in the future... they're probably going down the Transformers Dark of the Moon-type road, making a lackluster edition and, when they realize they should have put the special edition first, they'll do so as a revenge plot against Social Network's oh so fast filled-to-the-brim edition.

This also makes me a bit worried as I enjoyed this Fincher adaptation quite a lot and am now scared they may choose another director. The producers must have felt the "R" was a bit too hard, holding off most box office returns at Christmas time. Worse, they may decide on heading down the PG-13 road, one that will inevitably hurt their credibility AND box office potentials.

And I can't confirm if it's true, but I heard Fincher would be replaced, which is a 100% producers-oriented decision: marketability was hurt by the very hard "R" (it nevertheless made an awesome film) so they may choose another director that will listen to them so they can make more money... I shudder to think, but I'll burn someone alive should they hire Joel Schumacher (he'll put "Dragon-nipples" on the Salander suit, you watch).

Fincher, please let them see the light and keep your vision intact: send Lisbeth to their respective houses... ya know what I mean?

I have been wanting to see this since it came out! I'm so glad it's coming out to DVD so soon so I don't have to feel bad about not seeing it in theaters. Plus this gives me extra time to read the book before I watch the movie.